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Draft climate adaptation plan highlights resilience hubs, creek debris and neighborhood preparedness
Summary
Staff and consultants presented a draft Climate Action & Adaptation Plan Phase 2 with five goals—neighborhood self-sufficiency, coastal and natural-area resilience, infrastructure hardening, staff capacity, and economic sustainability—and prioritized actions including community resilience hubs, creek-debris mitigation, and grant-writing capacity.
City staff and consultants presented a draft Phase 2 of Half Moon Bay’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan on Dec. 2, summarizing community engagement and a prioritized set of resilience strategies.
Project leads said the plan resulted from listening sessions, school and community outreach, surveys and a detailed vulnerability assessment that identified hazards including creek and storm flooding, coastal wave flooding and erosion, debris flows, drought and heat, high winds and wildfire. Presenters from Integral Consulting and Blue Point Planning said the plan was intentionally framed to focus on actions within the city’s purview and to position the city for upcoming grant opportunities such as state bond programs.
Key priorities include bolstering neighborhood-level Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), addressing creekside debris that contributes to flooding, establishing community resilience hubs with power and communications backup, and adding grant-writing capacity so the city can pursue funding. Presenters also flagged the need to reconcile conflicting state regulations (for example, new CAL FIRE maps) and to align the plan with the city’s Safety Element.
Public comment varied: some speakers praised the thorough community engagement and the plan’s utility to pursue grants, while others urged faster implementation and concrete early projects (e.g., Keogh and Pullman ditch work, creek cleanup). A few commenters cautioned against commissioning additional plans without directing funding to tangible capital projects.
Council members generally commended the document and asked staff to bring targeted implementation steps for early, high-priority projects when the plan returns for adoption. Staff said they will refine the draft in response to comments and bring a final plan to council for adoption, with specific next steps for neighborhood-level implementation.
